Incident at Fremont Factory

I'm in the SF Bay Area. KCBS (news radio) is just now (about 12:15 pm Pacific) reporting a factory at the fire with 3 injured. Fire reportedly out. No further details. Reporter on the way to report live from the scene. More later.

The presence of fire department personnel does not necessarily mean an actual fire-- I don't want to stir up any unnecessary associations these days. It could just be an industrial accident of some kind.

"FREMONT (CBS SF) – An industrial accident at the Tesla factory in Fremont injured three workers Wednesday.
Just after noon, Chopper 5 captured images of fire trucks on the scene and at least one ambulance was seen leaving the area.

There was no initial word on the cause or severity of injury to the workers. Fremont Fire confirmed that the incident, originally reported as a fire, was a workplace accident."

Of course, accidents occur in automobile factories all the time and almost never get reported. But Tesla? As a threat to auto life as we know it, they're singled out by the corporate media, who are doing their normal appallingly bad job on an hourly basis.

Fire Battalion Chief interviewed on KCBS--to paraphrase: He said that in his past 3 years experience, the factory has been exemplary with respect to safety and lack of incidents. He considers this a very unusual industiral accident/event.

"We had an equipment failure with an aluminum casting machine, which spilled hot metal on three people," Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said in an e-mail. "Two (workers' injuries) sound relatively minor, one more serious. (I) am going to visit them in the hospital later today and will personally ensure that they receive the best possible care."

Fire Battalion Chief interviewed on KCBS--to paraphrase: He said that in his past 3 years experience, the factory has been exemplary with respect to safety and lack of incidents. He considers this a very unusual industiral accident/event.

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Well.... there are 5,000 employees working 40 hours a week. At 73-Million hours a year and only 3 injuries to date, Tesla factory is the is 5X safer than any other automotive factory. In fact, I'd rather have my children working in the Tesla factory than any other manufacturing facility of any kind on the planet.